Man died after embankment gave way and swept him into river, inquest told
Corey Thomas Sharpling was heading to work on a bus when he got off moments before a landslide struck
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Corey Thomas Sharpling was killed in a landslide during Storm Callum in the Carmarthenshire village of Cwmduad (Image: WalesOnline)
A young man died after an embankment gave way during a landslide which swept him into a river, an inquest heard. Corey Thomas Sharpling, of Station Road in Newcastle Emlyn, was tragically killed during Storm Callum on October 13, 2018. The 21-year-old, originally from Doncaster, had been travelling to work in McDonald s on a bus from Newcastle Emlyn to Carmarthen when the driver had to stop in the village of Cwmduad due to the poor visibility during the storm.
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image captionCorey Sharpling, who had moved to Newcastle Emlyn from Birmingham not long before he died, was a keen dancer
A dancer died when he was swept away by a landslide as he stepped off a bus during a storm and became buried under debris, an inquest heard.
Mr Sharpling s body was later found close to a nearby river, in Cwmduad.
Sitting in Llanelli, Coroner Paul Bennett recorded a conclusion of accidental death.
During the hearing, Coroner s Officer Malcolm Thompson said Storm Callum had caused high winds and heavy rain in the area.
Conditions had forced the lorry driver to stop ahead of the bus, because there was debris in the road on the A484.
A 21-year-old McDonalds worker was crushed to death under a landslide in a freak accident on a country road in Wales, an inquest heard.
Corey Sharpling, 21, was on his way to work when his bus was forced to stop due to a fallen tree blocking the road in Cwmduan, near Carmarthen, in October 2018.
He got out of the bus to watch the emergency workers clear the debris from Storm Callum - which was wreaking havoc across the country at the time.
But a shock million-to-one landslide sent tonnes of earth and trees toppling down on him from a roadside forest.
LLECHRYD bridge is set to reopen later today (Tuesday, January 26) after being damaged during Storm Christoph last week. The bridge was once again completely submerged under the River Teifi during the storm as the local area was battered by heavy rain and strong winds, with the adjoining A484 also closed due to flooding. It has been closed since that time due to safety concerns and although repairs will be required, these will be carried out later in the year A spokesperson for Ceredigion County Council said: “A structural inspection of Llechryd bridge was required following damage caused by storm Christoph.
STORM Christoph has brought flooding to large swathes of the Teifi Valey. Flood warnings issued by National Resources Wales are still in place across the Tivyside area, though the heaviest rainfall has now cleared the region after torrential downpours battered the region for for the past couple of days.. The area around Llechryd Bridge is once again badly affected, with flood warnings also in place for the River Teifi at at Cenarth, Newcastle Emlyn, Llandysul Bridge and Llanybydder, along with the River Tyweli at Station Road, Llandysul. Many minor roads are flooded. It is only a month since similar problems hit the area, with widespread flooding just before Christmas.